Progressive tension sutures in the prevention of postabdominoplasty seroma: A prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical trial

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 935-946

  Andrades, Patricio ^a,b   Prado, Arturo ^a   Danilla, Stefan ^a   Guerra, Claudio ^a   Benitez, Susana ^a   Sepulveda, Sergio ^a   Sciarraffia, Carlos ^a   De Carolis, Vicente ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRAIN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION; SEROMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEROMA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548438500     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000253445.76991.de     Document Type: Article

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